AngC
Well-Known Member
I'm trying to think prevention vice treatment and have been reading old posts here about rain rot.
Last spring during shedding, one horse developed a small patch on his back. I noticed when it was quite small (inch or two across.) I looked at many pictures on the internet. I’m pretty sure it was rain rot (hair coming out at root in small clumps, limited skin irritation with slight scabbing, no apparent discomfort.) It’s hard to tell for sure it was rain rot, because many of the pictures were advanced, affected large areas and looked pretty horrible. I applied a fungicide containing benzalkonium chloride per label instructions; label said results should be noticeable within days. I used it 3 days; spread was contained and healing commenced; I worked harder on keeping them clean and on helping them shed and had no further problems.
Is there any correlation between coat color and rain rot?
I didn’t keep count but it seems like many photos I saw were of appaloosas or horses with very light-colored coats. Here, the appaloosa got it in an area of white hair, and the dark colored horse did not. At the time they were housed together; shared brushes (I know better now) so if one got it, why not the other?
Last spring during shedding, one horse developed a small patch on his back. I noticed when it was quite small (inch or two across.) I looked at many pictures on the internet. I’m pretty sure it was rain rot (hair coming out at root in small clumps, limited skin irritation with slight scabbing, no apparent discomfort.) It’s hard to tell for sure it was rain rot, because many of the pictures were advanced, affected large areas and looked pretty horrible. I applied a fungicide containing benzalkonium chloride per label instructions; label said results should be noticeable within days. I used it 3 days; spread was contained and healing commenced; I worked harder on keeping them clean and on helping them shed and had no further problems.
Is there any correlation between coat color and rain rot?
I didn’t keep count but it seems like many photos I saw were of appaloosas or horses with very light-colored coats. Here, the appaloosa got it in an area of white hair, and the dark colored horse did not. At the time they were housed together; shared brushes (I know better now) so if one got it, why not the other?